Aratinga aurea
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The peach-fronted parakeet (Eupsittula aurea), known as the peach-fronted conure in aviculture, is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Suriname.
The peach-fronted parakeet was formally described in 1788 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with all the other parrots in the genus Psittacus and coined the binomial name Psittacus aurius. Gmelin based his description on earlier publications. In 1758 the English naturalist George Edwards had described and illustrated the species with the English name "golden-crowned parakeet". The peach-fronted parakeet is now one of five parakeets placed in the genus Eupsittula that was introduced in 1853 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek eu meaning "good" with the Modern Latin psittula meaning "little parrot". The specific epithet aurea is Latin meaning "golden". The species is monotypic; no subspecies are recognized.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 6 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Maceió | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Biocentro Güembé | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 3 | Zoo Osnabrück | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Zoo das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Parque Ecológico de São Carlos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Loro Parque | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Zoológico de Fauna Sudamericana | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 8 | Parque Zoológico Bosque Guarani | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Agroflori Parque de las Aves | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 10 | Pantanal Aquarium | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Parque Loro Sexi | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 12 | GüiráOga | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Peach-fronted Parakeet sighting in Rio de Janeiro on a given day, based on 171 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 105th most-seen of the 278 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and August–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Peach-fronted Parakeet in Rio de Janeiro on a given day, against under 5% in July and October–May, the lowest months. Those are among Rio de Janeiro's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain a month against 230 mm in December.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Peach-fronted Parakeet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 13
Of the 13 cities where we can rate Peach-fronted Parakeet sightings, Rio de Janeiro ranks 7th at under 5%. The best odds are in Salvador (Brazil, about 60%), Campo Grande (Brazil, about 50%) and Vitória (Brazil, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Peach-fronted Parakeet is recorded against all the birds logged in Rio de Janeiro (171 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
